Yes, where Elgg fits in is a bit more like MySpace for Moodle .. quite different from an ePortfolio. Could work with both as the final outcome is quite different. I am thinking aloud here .. one is a social networking whiteboard and the other is a folder full of your stuff with personal reflections. Paul Chandler from Yarra Valley has done a bit of tinkering with Elgg at his school.<br>
<br>I cannot imagine why we could not try to do both. That would be interesting .. and powerful stuff for my IT class to work with!<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/12/4 Oldmeadow, Anthony D <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oldmeadow.anthony.d@edumail.vic.gov.au">oldmeadow.anthony.d@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span><br>
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<p><a name="11e019a3e1a42d5e__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hi guys,</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Has anyone used elgg for ePortfolio integration with
Moodle. The link below offers a Moodle, elgg (ePorfolio) and LAMS package
solution. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.solutiongrove.com/xowiki/mel_product_page" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">http://www.solutiongrove.com/xowiki/mel_product_page</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I am very interested to hear if anyone is or has used this
solution? There is a elgg block in Moodle that seems to fit nicely.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Love the idea of Mahara or elgg but just looking at pros and
cons of both. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Feedback would be appreciated. Thanks </span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: maroon;">Anthony Oldmeadow</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></b></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Mob: 0419 155 966 </span></p>
<p><a href="mailto:oldmeadow.anthony.d@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">oldmeadow.anthony.d@edumail.vic.gov.au
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<a href="mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Roland Gesthuizen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 04, 2008 5:21 PM<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
<b>To:</b> The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List<br>
</div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Moodle] elearning portfolios in moodle</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">This is how easy it gets with
Mahara and Moodle. <br>
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When a student gets ready to upload an assignment, resource etc to Moodle then
there is an option to also add the object to their Mahara ePortfolio. Their
classes may come and go each year . but they get to keep and manage their
ePortfolio throughout their life at the college with complete control over how
they use, adapt and skin it.<br>
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It makes a lot of sense when you think about Moodle this way, rather than try
to be all things to all people .. this is where you tie third party
applications into it (supporting single sign-in etc.) Here is a cool 9 min
video that will walk you this process and explain how Mahara works.<br>
<a href="http://au.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=2a3I5xj6k5s" target="_blank">http://au.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=2a3I5xj6k5s</a><br>
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All up, it just uses the same PHP and MySQL tools that Moodle uses and Kevork
teaches in his cool text book. We are building our Mahara server next week and
it will be fun. <br>
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Regards Roland</p>
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<p>2008/12/4 Ros Meadows <<a href="mailto:ros.meadows@gmail.com" target="_blank">ros.meadows@gmail.com</a>></p>
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<p><span>Thanks
Stephen, I have looked at mahara before (quite a while ago) but was not aware
it could be used within moodle.<br>
I shall investigate and let you know how it goes.<br>
Cheers <br>
Ros<br>
BentleighSC<br>
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Stephen Digby wrote: </p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Suggest Mahara <a href="http://www.mahara.org" target="_blank">www.mahara.org</a> as it is open source development supported
by the NZ government and able to be integrated into many LMS systems including
moodle.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">They are all quite complicated.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">If you want something simpler, there is a moodle
portfolio module that just lets students maintain editable text fields online
(I use it to allow students to manage their goals and to extract some of their
goals in bulk for insertion into our markbook reports</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Even simpler is to give students control of
their own website within your network, allowing them a 'free form"
eportfolio that is completely portable to a memory device when they leave
school.</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ros Meadows<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 4 December 2008 10:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Moodle] elearning portfolios in moodle</span></p>
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<p>Has anyone had any experience with any of the elearning portfolio
modules.</p>
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I searched "portfolio" and came up with 3 - Exabis, Simple and SPDC<br>
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Has anyone used any of these, or does the blog work just as well?<br>
Any recommendations would be great<br>
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Thanks<br>
RosM<br>
Bentleigh SC</p>
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